"The troop which has entered the district pillages everything it can lay its hands on."-- Letter of the syndic-attorney of Orange, May 22.

"Last Wednesday, a little girl ten years of age, on her way from Chateauneuf to Courtheson, was violated by one on of them, and the poor child is almost dead.

"-- Dispatch of the three commissioners to the Minister, May 21.

"It is now fully proved by men who are perfectly reliable that the pretended patriots, said to have acted so gloriously at Sarrians, are cannibals equally execrated both at Avignon and Carpentras."] [Footnote 2444: "Archives Nationales," letter of the Directory of the Bouches-du-Rhone, May 21, 1791 .-- Deliberations of the Avignon municipality, associated with the notables and the military committee, May 15: "The enormous expense attending the pay and food for the detachments..

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